Self-Worth Quotes: Eating Disorders Recovery

"You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserves your love & affection."Buddah

"Self-worth comes from one thing ... thinking that you are worthy."Wayne Dyer

"A person's worth is contingent upon who he is, not upon what he does, or how much he has. The worth of a person, or a thing, or an idea, is in being, not in doing, not in having."Alice Mary Hilton

"Accept everything about yourself, I mean everything. You are you and that is the beginning and the end, no apologies, no regrets."Clark Moustakas

"The investments we make in ourselves, will always deliver the most profitable returns."Sumner Davenport

"The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others."Dr. Sonya Friedman

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself."Harvey Fienstein

“When you're a beautiful person on the inside, there is nothing in the world that can change that about you. Jealousy is the result of one's lack of self-confidence, self-worth, and self-acceptance. The Lesson: If you can't accept yourself, then certainly no one else will.”Sasha Azevedo

"It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes."Sally Field

"When you understand that your self-worth is not determined by your net-worth, then you'll have financial freedom"Suze Orman

"The greatest success is successful self-acceptance."Ben Sweet

“Envy is a symptom of lack of appreciation of our own uniqueness and self worth. Each of us has something to give that no one else has.”Elizabeth O'Connor

"As long as we look outside of Self - with a capital S - to find out who we are, to define ourselves and give us self-worth, we are setting ourselves up to be victims."Robert Burney

"Every individual has a place to fill in the world, and is important, in some respect, whether he chooses to be so or not."Nathaniel Hawthorn

"When it looks like everyone is against you, look inside for the truth."Sumner Davenport

“The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.”Michelangelo

"If I am not for myself, who will be?"Pirke Avoth

"Other people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality."Les Brown

"Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think."Benjamin Disraeli

"We never know the worth of water until the well is dry."Thomas Fuller

"Accept yourself as you are right now; an imperfect, changing, growing and worthy person."Denis Waitley

“Who I am today is a constant reminder of what I took from my past challenges.”Godsway Sappor

"Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got."Janis Joplin

"An individual's self-concept is the core of his personality. It affects every aspect of human behavior: the ability to learn, the capacity to grow and change. A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success in life."Dr. Joyce Brothers

"There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. So you have to begin there, not outside, not on other people."Aldous Huxley

"After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul and you learn that love doesn't mean security and you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts and presents aren't promises you begin to accept your defeats with your head up and your eyes open, with the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child and you learn to build your roads on today because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain and futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight after a while you learn that even sunshine burns if you get too much so, you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul instead of waiting for someone else to bring you flowers and you learn you really can endure that you really are strong you really do have worth and you learn and you learn with every good-bye you learn."Anonymous

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I've finally come to realize that I've wasted far too much time trying to achieve society's notion of the perfect female form and that who you are can never be defined by the reflection found in your mirror.
I fell for the dangerous Kimkins diet scam which brought me alarmingly close to anorexia and opened my eyes to eating disorders.